Photo Backup
As long as there has been data there has been the need to back it up. The basic idea behind backup is this: because data is represented physically on a computer it can be instantly and perfectly reproduced any number of times. If multiple copies of a piece of information are stored in multiple locations there is much less chance that the data will become corrupted or lost permanently. Companies with large amounts of valuable data have long known the value of backing up the information on which their business depends. Huge data centers hum constantly with the sound of tape drives and hard disks filling steadily as they back up files from all over the country. Home computer users are also beginning to see the value of using backup systems. As hard drives swell with digital photos and other media files the cost per gigabyte for storage drops to pennies. More people are investing in external hard drives and other backup solutions. Unfortunately, like any machine, hard drives are ultimately destined to fail. Home users must be constantly vigilant by backing up backup systems redundantly to protect against data loss. Cloud computing is changing all of this. Those huge data centers are no longer the exclusive realm of corporations and government. Now home users can take advantage of these extremely reliable and well maintained professional grade systems to store and backup personal data. By putting your data onto these systems your are ensuring its retention for the long run. Companies that offer data backup services are often part of a larger system owned by a huge computer company.The services that ZooFoo offers are hosted on a portion of the same computer system that runs Amazon.com. How much data is actually stored in these huge server farms? No one really knows for sure. One such company - Mozy - which offers home and professional backup solutions claims to store more then 15 petabytes of data. Keep in mind that this is just one of dozens such companies, all with more or comparable amounts of data! One type of data that particularly needs backing up is digital photographs. With the increasing ability to capture images of higher and higher resolution and file size it is becoming harder for people to store their entire photo libraries at home. ZooFoo offers users the ability to reliably and securely back up large amounts of high resolution digital images online. Rather then simply hosting a low resolution version of the image we give you the option of storing the original file, just as it was uploaded, and keep it in storage for when you need it back. In addition to being able to store photographs online users of ZooFoo also have the option to have their photographs mailed to them on a physical DVD. This way even if you lose all the pictures you had stored at home you can get them all back without ever downloading a single one over the Internet. As we move down the road towards the future of data backup people will rely more and more heavily on remote backup solutions as a means to safely store valuable data. There are many advantages to having your photos stored with ZooFoo. You get to share and manage photos effortlessly and you get peace of mind knowing they are stored in a safe and reliable way without ever having the headache of buying and maintaining complex backup systems at home. |
